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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-25
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Co.

The extraordinary eIeIons made by the officers Of the St.
Louis and Francisco Railway Company avoid giving
conceded business privilege Of the transfer
OF stockholders lead to believe that
there may Interior for concealment We
stockholders that shall expose and contest any and all
past which not legal. and caution them
against giving proxies for the perpeuaon Of the present
such proxies DO used at special
holders meeting which has been called for the day
meeting ray leases Of other roads,
issues made opinion fer the interest
OF parties dsad
vantage OF the stockholders OF the company.
4. I. OPPENHEIM & CO.,
81 and % Newest.
New.York. April 23 1887.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-25

NORTHERN RAILROADOFN NEW JERSEY
IN Trans leave from Chambesst Station for Englewood
Tsnaay ClSs,:r. spark Hi ar, and Eyast $50 7;IS sac
1880 p. ~ midnight Sundays. 7:IO 9:30 m, and
H. Ho5 Manuel Spring valley MSn:ey and oan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-25

NEW HAVEN.--Steamers leave Peck-slip
~ lpier 26 T. ~ ct Pun. and IL Sundays excepted
Tor carly trails north and east
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-25
For Youn, Ladie,-country.

nOME COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Me-
ucin N J. Board, tuition Qnclnding music) 900 per
quarter for girls
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

/ suppose most people who walk along
Broadway with their eyes open cannot
have failed to notice recently remark
able increase in the number of young
looking women with white hair that are
to be met nowadays / am myself the
most credulous individual, and especially
where lovely woman is concerned 1t dis
tresses me to find myself having the
smallest doubt as TO the genuincness OF
everything about her. But 1t seemed to
me so odd that such number Of white
haired women appeared all at once that /
was moved to make perquisition into the
subject. and consulted an atiable acqualnt-
ance Of mine who is what is tyled ton
serial artist.
From him / learned that the white hair
craze rs the latest fashionable lad, and
that it is obtained by the same means that
were employed TO produce the daffodil
colored tresses that have been so long in
vogue, but which having been adopted by
ladies of a certain class are now tabooed
by society. The bleaching mixture is
peroxide of hydrogen, which, when mixed
with % per cent Of ammonia, will in two
applications turn the blacklist hair snow
white 10y the simple process Of destroying
the cOlOring matter OF course il is
frightfully injurious TO health, as it with
ers the capillary tubes just as any other
vegetable is shriveled by burning, but
the ladies who use it don't mind running
their health as long as they can be in the
fashion New York Letter
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The Properties Of Coca.

Mr.. On Pre- expresses the opinion tliat
coca is the most potent nervine at man >
DISMISSAL ats hygienic properties are
disclosed from its physiological proper
ties" Is the verdict pronounced by a
SPANISH physician resident at san saliva
dor. who furthermore declares that IN hot
infusion coca is the most useful ana
healthful beverage one can drink after
dining II is especially commendable 10
the feeble and so those who have tran
scended the limits Of sobriety in using al
cohol and. therefore, should he tested IN
asvlums for inebriates II surely and
certainly Gains nervous excitability. and,
used in small quantities, enables one 10
endure cold, rain and snow, and 10 DEFY
great fatigue, and restores the forces I'M
paired or lost by excuses.
In South American countries 1t is popu-
larly used for indigestion, disordered
stomach, hysierin, hatulency, collie ana
all intestinal troubles
II is employed constantly by toilers In
the mines. and when they reach the mines
after marching several days through
forests and over mountains, sustained
alone by the use OF coca and maize, they
are permitted TO eat at discretion through
four days and have perfect rest. Co
casino. or habitnal intoxication by use Of
coca. becomes more incurable than alco-
holism or servtudo TO opiates but it's con
sequences are not yet wholly measured
nor determined Excessive and constant
use Of the coca as an intOXicant begets
rapid moral and intellectual degradation
and decay. and the steady decline IS inter
rupted at intervals BY resstless impulses
Of violence and brutality. The nature OF
the parent, when perverted by the drug,
is transmitted to the offspring, and the
inveterate vice, operating through genera
tions. is said 20 account for the brutality
Of certain races of Indians, notably the
Quichas and Ailnaras Of the Bolivian
Businesses. Washington Cor Chicago
Herald
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The Two Talmag.s.,

Talmage i. dead Not the preacher, put
he manager Of the Wabash railroad Once
when the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage was on a
ectnring tour he missed his train al Toledo.
He found that by taking another train he
could catch the train he wanted at certain
junction if the first train could be got to walt
bali am hour So he telegraPhed to the gen
.ral manager of the other roads
"Please hold train at Muggerville Junction
till express arrives. IALMAGE
The reverend gentleman reached the juno
lion. and be found the train waiting for him.
When the general manager Of that particular
road met Manager Talmage he said: "Nou
found that train an right at Muggerville
Junction.
"What trainT
"Why, the train you telegraphed me to
hold
81 never sent any such message
The manager showed him the Dispatch
aOh.r said the Wabash man. as light broke
in on him, "that must have been the Rev. De
witt Talmage. Of New York
Great ScottW cried the other i'm disgust,
aand 10 think that held a train for half an
hour for a New York preocherV-Lnko
Sharp in Detroit Free Press
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The Jerry nnIlders in Rome.

The jerry builder is not to have it all
his own way in Rome. The municipality
has nj last interfered and declared that
overgrown, decrepit, insanitary structures
are no longer to be run up like mush-
rooms and finished Off, let and inhabited
before the plaster is dry. The Specula-
tors and contractors who have hitherto
been monarchs Of all they surveyed pro
tested against this interference with the
vested interests OF dishonest workman
ship: but the 5 T. q. Il. VIII probably
stand firm, the evil having grown TO in
tolerable and impossible dimensions
There is a grim satisfaction III knowing
that the huge factories for they resemble
nothing else which disgrace the Esquiline
and the Pratt iii Castillo are not quite so
permanent as the Colosseum, and are
scarcely more desirable as places Of resi-
dence. They will rapidly crumble away,
to be replaced, perhaps, with buildings
more worthy of the Eternal City. But in
the mean time, and for a generation or
two at least Rome is INTELLECTUALLY dis
graced in the eyes Of the civilized world
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

Steamers leave Richmond EVERY - -
DAY and FRIDAY at 3 pm, ana ~ WA
at highwatcr 81, 90 Richmond via
steamers leave New YORK ior rriliirpIp, oAY,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

Inthe Monatschrift umSchutze der Nogel-
welt, Professor Licbe adduces reliable data IN
answer 60 tie question whether living worms
s,e 10 b. found ia hens eggs a short time
ncviou,ly bic sister had fornd round
Mnad IKE worm. tho length Of little finger,
A, the white Of an ega. It moved itself IN
xerv lively manner. She az once took the
white Of the egg 70 a druggist, who pat the
worm in alcoho! Professor MooluS' OF hiel,
decided that the specimen was an example OF
the thread worm of fowls-Heteratis innexa
often found m the small intestine oil the
domes'ic hen Only a few instances OF the
existence Of the same in the white OF the egg
have been recorded -Allgemeine Medicln-
ische Central Zeitung.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
At the nnttle of Gettysburg.

Very few civilians can rid their minds,
even when they knew better, Of the idea
that any one present at a battle must see
the whole or a large part Of it, or at the
least very large amount Of smoke and
fighting. II is marvellous how very little
any one individual sees of any one given
battle. though he may be in the very thick
Of the fighting, or even at the he1dquar-
tiers Of the commander i'm chief ] real
lied that fully on the present occasion.
for although standing on one OF the most
advantageous spots 10 witness n portion
of the fight, with the valley and town Of
Gettysburg lying below me and the
heights beyond in full view, | reelected
that our line was twelve miles in length,
Of which on even clear day, with no in
tervening figures or smoke, / could at
least only see abOut two miles.
Then again had always supposed, as
am sure most other people suppose. that the
commander in chief always took mp posi-
ton where. field glass ia hand, he could
command n view of a large part of the
action Gen. Meade's headquarters were
in a slight depression in dense wood,
whence You could see nothing hundred
yards off, and yet, strange TO say, en- pas
SAINT. secluded as was this spot, the rebs
had ascertained the locality TO a nicely
and shelled 1t with such yigor and accu-
racy that in ten minutes no less than six
teen horses belonging to the STAFF were
Killed The officers all escaped unhurt by
seating themselves under the friendly
shelter Of huge powders Of granite, where
they laughed and chatted and enjoyed the
thing as a big joke while the shells shrieked
and exploded beyond them.-frank Bel
lew in New York Mail and Express.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
Tobacco Markets.

RICHMOND, VA, July u.
Later advices from the West, after the
careful estimates and comparisons of reports.
place the Burley crop planting al y per cent.
aud the dark az about one-third, making
the total Western planting an average OF
IS per cent of last years crop. Slight rains
have done but little good, and prices con
tinue 10 strengthen on fine grades leaf while
there has been fractional decline for a day
or so I'm very low grades with about 10 per
cent. of reflections. Our market to-day WIZ
i'm a healthy condition, the free buyers here
are picking up all the bargains offered quite
freely. and low grades lugs and leaf dark
and bright, seem i'm better demand than last
week. al some advance again. Sun-cured
breaks were good, and the quality quite
good. and prices well maintained, though
some important buyers are absent. Good
bright filters are in better demand. Shipping
il regular without any particular animation.
From the general reports the growing crop
looks healthy, but rains do not seem to have
been general or to have done great good
so far
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Tic CnnonerIng Of selG

Dramatic Critic--l can't imagine how yos
can appear TO be so carried away with YOU
part when according to your owR admission
YOU do not feel a word of IT,
Great Actress became proficient in that
art by a long course OF training before went
OH the stage
AT dramatic s'hOoiF
"No, / was a sales girl i'm millinery store,
and when customers were around ] had to
admire all the new bonnets Omaha World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
Good Wages Assured.

Connecticut Man-You give your son q
classical education, that's my advice.
Omaha Man-But the boy wants 10 be a
carpenter
"No matter; have two SONS and both work
in tine same factory; one is good Latin
scholar and the other isn't, and the one who
knows Latin makes twice as much a week as
the other one
"Humphl what sort Of factory is itf
dts a violin factory
"Wbat earthly use is Latin 20 man who
makes yioiins@
"Well. J swami you we,terners don't know
ANYTHING. How do you suppose a factory
could turn out Stradivarius violins ii none ol
the hands could write Latin Inscriptions -
Omaha World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
Hia SnndnY Nose.

Il once knew a sea captain who came
from about here he continued in a
lighter strain, who had an encounter
with shark in his youth and lost his
nose, and for the sake of harmony rather
than vanity he had a tin false nose made
TO looh ~ much Ike tho lost featurc as
possible When he went b. sea he tried
always to make his cree recognize the
Sabbath with appropriate respect and OBJ
servance; he therefore ingenuously had =
silver nose made for himself which he
wore on Sunday, keeping the tin nose for
week days, and the signal was always re
spected, SO far as he knew. Perhaps he
never heard that the sailors always called
the Sabbath "Silver nose day" as they
might well have easily been pardoned for
doing. Boston Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

can be obtained And there is the rub.
Land on Manhattan Island is IA monopoly
Indeed, the most thorough monopoly in the
world-as the city cannot grow in any direc-
sion for water boundaries, and demand for
land steadily increases. So every foot Sc
cured for park purposes would be at the cost
81 more dollars than would cover H.
Central park has more than twice the area
Of all tho others. Their size Is as follows:
Riverside. park and drive rs acres; Morn
ingside, 81; High Bridge, %; Battery, 2l;
Mount Morris, 20; Manhattan square, 10;
Tompkins square, 10; Washington and City
Hall, 5 each; Madison square :; Bryant and
Fourth avenue. each, and East River,
Stuyvesant aui Union. acres each All the
little trangIes, as aforesaid, contain loss than
al acre EACH and most Of them but few
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
A Mnefnl HIstory.

Two friends are walking along The street
One of them pointing 20 house, says.
There's "a beautiful place tut its enough
10 make man sad TO look ot IT,"
"Why soy
con account Of its history, for, despite III
calm ana serene surroundings, 1t was hullt
upon the groans, tears waiiings and blood II
widows, orphans, old men and struggling
women
-You don't say. Was it built by railroad
moropoIistT
iOi no: bv a dentist r-Arknnsaw Traveller
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

when lovely woman's feet are scfens.
And such "a size her soul abhers,
What does She theui Why, Iacion heavens.
She sQueeles them IN numfr fours
And when the years come onward pacing
And show her waist increased in size,
What does shcs Flies 10 tighter lacng,
And shows her suffering in her eyss
And when old age draws nigh and higher,
What then does lovely women dor
She makes herself d right down l-r,
And SAYS, "Ill soon be- thirty-twO.'
J. Capp in New York Mercury.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
LookIng for AN Internal Improvement.

IOOFIng TOT IN IHI'T""I ITIFI"F '''''''''
He sat on a log on the banks Of an Arkan-
saw creek, when traveller came along and
Saluted:
Good day, mister. Waiting for rise"
"rhats Just what ! am waiting for" was
the reply
Got a fatboat up streamP
no, sir I'm g government engineer.
Congress las appropriated SIS 900 So improve
tLi, river. and I'm waiting for rise so ! can
find the stream How long since you saw
ANYTHING Of itT-Wall Street News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

rods And, despite the fine and impressive
array above one may toll or tramp for hours
in thickly settled sections Of the city and not
see a break in She solid masses of brick, stono
and mortar. especially on the east side
But the park commissioners resolved at their
last meeting to open six new parks at least,
and now the matter awaits the action Of the
board Of street openings, whose function 1t IS
under the law to locate the parks, condemn
the property for public purposes and obtain
title TO it, SO far this board has made but
two selections, all on the west side OF the city,
50 the inference is that they will make twice
rs many on the east side, where the need is
more than twice as great The places selected
IRE only such as could be thrown open TO the
public with very hit G delay In the mean
time labor is progressing rapidly ON the great
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

aoueluct and uuucl, which isto more than
double the present water supply Of the city.
Unlike the Croton aqueduct, the new con
duit's course is far under ground nearly all
the way. in places 800 feet below the surface,
and most If Che way m solid rock, the leak
age. therefore, viii be almost nothing, and
when completed the water supply will suffice
Tor city three times tho size Of New York
Then the fountains viii play.
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pre,entlon Retter Than Cure.

81 hope, my dear, said newly made Bene-
diet, III l should happen 10 be out nights
occasionally you won't be- lonely"
"Oh. no, dear" she replied sweetly III
YOU should find it necessary 70 be out I'll send
for ma % keep me company"
He's home early every night-New York
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York stock Market.
Reported by G. W. Branch 4 Co., bankers
and brokers. No. I'LL Main street.


REVIEW.
New YORK, July H.-The morning papers
contained a letter from Mr. Garrett 10 the
etIect that the long pending negotiations
with regard 10 the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road had resulted in a failure, but in spite Of
this the market kept quite firm, and the
indications are that it is gradually cutting
loose from outside pools and becoming more
Independent. If it can thus establish itself
and give sufficient evidence that it can main
tain such position, the public are not un-
likely 10 be attracted towards speculation,
which, after their long protracted apathy, Is
to be sincerely hoped for. The market
showed considerable strength late in the
day. and closed firm
Money 5 and 6 per cent.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
Popular Among the People.

He after churchl-What very eloquent
man the Rev. Dr. Whitechoker is, Mss
Breezy was delighted with him.
She lof Chicago Yes, there are no flies on
Dr. Whitech0ker -New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
4 Curious Oversight.

Husband full Of fine humori IS
something very curious about Henry George.
Wife-Nhat's curious about hini
Hushand-W Why, he hasn't got any last
name. New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

Calling over i'm Manchester the other
day we dropped into the hrst-cla-s bakery
establishment OF l.. s. y. stems. and found 10
fitted up iu nr-t-ciJs- style Nth ii tbe neoes-
sary supplies oi good Things. such as always
remind lbs 90 Christmas. Bread. crackers. DIS
cults. etc.. boz abundance; cakes. and "a variety
of good things for the children, and aIl made
from the very best and purcst materials. This
is indeed "a model bakery. and one That de
serves and s fast gaining the support of the
public. BE sure tO call boo and see them at
i30j Hull street. Manchester.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
G0THAM'S PARKS.
THEY COVER 1892 ACRES, BUT
MORE IS NEEDED
For This Reason the Park Board Has
Decided to Increase the Number OF
Small Parks In the Metropolis by six.
Some of the Present Parks.

Excluding the little triangles left ts the IN
tersectlon Of streets at acute angles and the
few open courts where the city has fenced in
q plat Of shrubs-in short, excluding all such
trrcts leSs than an acre IN size-New York
city has less than 200 acres Of park OF
these tho noted Central park contains Sl3
scres and all Che otsers but 3ji, or ], lg7 acres
altogether. So the authorities have decided 70
araofo xix new marks rs soon a. the ground
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

For four years have been sufferer from u
terrible form of Rheumatism, which reduced
me so low that all hope of recovery was given
up. ! have suffered the most eNcruciatlns
pain day aud night. and often while writhing
i'm agony have wished could die. have tried
everything known for that disease. but moth
ing did me any good. and have mad some of the
finest physicians OF the State TO work on me,
but all 10 no effect. have spent over S@o
without finding relief I am now proud to
say that after using only one bottle of B. y. b..
am enabled 90 walk around and attend 90
business. and ! would NOT take 500 for the
benefit received from one single bottle of
B.B.B -. refer 20 all merchants and business
men OF this town. Yours. most truly.
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Old Martell and Hennessy Brandy
cheap, at Chamberlayne x Co.'S, IL and Y
South Thirteenth street.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

Choice Imported Cnrot-pricc very
olw 900 Chamberlain. IS co., s.. iO aul !. South
Thirteenth street.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22

Wheat .-Longberry so bushels fair, sic
shortberry. a bushels very good, o3c. ~
bushels very good, Sc "a bushels good, Sic.
22O bushels good. soc. - bushels common
75c.. 81 bushels common, l3c.
Oats.-Mxed. 100 bushels very good, 39c.
COTTON REPORT.
Market quelt.
Quofations.-M iddling lOic.
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A Dnnbtfnl Compliment.

Candid Critic-Good photo, madame, but
it does not do you justice-in fact it does not
give you credit
Ancient Spinster in a fiutter of righteous
modestyD-Oh, sir you fiatter me
Critic-In fact it does not give you credit
for the last fifteen years Of your Judge.
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Tho Child Is Mother Of the Woman.

Fdith-Here comes little Elsie. Shall we
speak 20 her. -,
Mabel-No; dou't you see she's got her doll
in last years carriage'-Iid Bits.